--- title: What did Sir Walter Raleigh place across the muddy puddle for the qu… — Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede… · tree and pragmatics description: What did Sir Walter Raleigh place across the muddy puddle for the queen? Exam question 2 of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/347-pg18442-part7/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/347-pg18442-part7/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier… What did Sir Walter Raleigh place across the muddy puddle for the queen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Walter place, muddy puddle This is exam question 2 of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/347-pg18442-part7/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e2:1 # text = What did Sir Walter Raleigh place across the muddy puddle for the queen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Walter Walter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 Raleigh Raleigh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 across across ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 puddle puddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Walter place | | the muddy puddle | | for the queen | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} His hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e2:o1:1 # text = His hat 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His scarlet cloak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e2:o2:1 # text = His scarlet cloak 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 scarlet scarlet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The long red carpet from the great hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e2:o3:1 # text = The long red carpet from the great hall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} His golden sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e2:o4:1 # text = His golden sword 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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